911 briefs -- Published Jan. 29, 2013

STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported Monday that the identity of a man found shot to death near Acampo last weekend was Jerry Lee Khaoone, 25, a Stockton native.

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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported Monday that the identity of a man found shot to death near Acampo last weekend was Jerry Lee Khaoone, 25, a Stockton native.

Khaoone sustained multiple gunshot wounds. His body was found at 4:53 a.m. Saturday along the frontage road on the west side of Highway 99 just north of Peltier Road, deputies reported.

Khaoone leaves behind a 3-year-old son, his recently widowed father and four brothers. He attended Stagg High School and worked as an ironworker until he was laid off, his brother Jime Khaoone said.

Investigators, who made no further statements, have requested that anyone with information contact the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office at (209) 468-4400 or send a text to 274637 and in the message area type SJSO, a space and then your tip.

STOCKTON - Three people traveling south through Stockton on Highway 99 were shot at early Sunday morning near Arch Road by the occupant of another vehicle that came up fast behind them. Two of the travelers were struck by gunfire, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The CHP reported it took their vehicle as evidence.

According to a report, the victims were returning to their home in Central California from Nevada at 2:37 a.m. when they came up on the Arch Road interchange in southeast Stockton. They were driving in the left lane at about 65 mph when an unknown vehicle came speeding up behind them, moved to the right lane and held its position just to the rear of their vehicle. That's when the shooting took place. The assailant's vehicle then sped away.

The CHP is asking for the public's help with information or identification of the shooter. Contact the Stockton office at (209) 943-8666.

There have been five shootings on Highway 99 during the past two years in the Stockton CHP's jurisdiction.

STOCKTON - A 38-year-old motorist stopped at a stoplight at Lafayette and Filbert Streets about 4:45 p.m. Sunday was carjacked, police reported.

Two men approached his car, one from each side, and pointed handguns at him while demanding he relinquish the car. He complied, and they drove off.

Later that night, police Community Response Team officers found the car parked and unoccupied. They are looking for two suspects. One is described as a black man, 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds, last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants. The second is described as a black man 18 to 23 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall with black short hair, last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark-colored jeans.

LINDEN - FBI agents hand sifting soil that was pulled from an old Linden well in search of murder victims of killers Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog reported Monday reaching a depth of 40 feet.

Still, they have found no remains, FBI spokeswoman Gina Swankie said in a statement. Progress has been slow, with the agents and technical experts clearing from 5 to 7 feet each day.

Preparation work on the Flood Road well began Jan. 7, and hand digging began Jan. 17. Excavating the hard soil next to the old well with heavy equipment so that the team can hand dig the well has been a challenge, Swankie said.

This work comes one year after Shermantine, now on death row at San Quentin State Prison, led investigators to another well nearby where three women and a fetus were recovered.

Herzog committed suicide Jan. 17, 2012, after learning that Shermantine was helping investigators recover the murder victims near the two men's boyhood homes.